Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East

Informationen zum Autor Katerina Dalacoura is Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is author of Islam, Liberalism and Human Rights, Third Edition (2003) and Engagement or Coercion: Weighing Western Human Rights Policies Towards Turkey, Iran and Egypt (2004). She has published in numerous journals, including the Review of International Studies, Millennium, International Affairs, Democratization and International Studies Notes and International Relations. Klappentext This text analyzes the supposed link between Islamist terrorism and the lack of democracy in the Middle East. Zusammenfassung Through detailed research into the activities of both radical and moderate organizations across the Middle East! such as the Muslim Brotherhood! Hamas and Hizbullah! and via interviews with key personnel! Katerina Dalacoura investigates whether repression and political exclusion pushed Islamist entities to adopt terrorist tactics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Terrorism, democracy, and Islamist terrorism; 2. Transnational Islamist terrorism: Al-Qaeda; 3. Islamist terrorism and national liberation: Hamas and Hizbullah; 4. Islamist terrorism in domestic conflicts: the armed Islamic group in Algeria and the Gamaa Islamiya in Egypt; 5. Moderation and Islamist movements in opposition: the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood/Islamic Action Front; the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and the Tunisian Nahda; 6. Islamist moderation and the experience of government: Turkey's Welfare, Justice and Development Party; and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Product details

• Authors: Katerina Dalacoura, Dalacoura Katerina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.05.2011
• EAN: 9780521865180
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86518-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Islam, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Human Rights, Middle East, Politics & government, Religion & politics, Terrorism, armed struggle, Middle Eastern history, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities